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| The Herman Miller Celle Chair won the GOOD DESIGN award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture |
One month ago today, on August 8, 2017, a great model of a man who knew how to live out his faith in the workplace, Max De Pree, went to be with the Lord, at the age of 93.
De Pree was the son of D. J. De Pree, founder of the Herman Miller company. Max served as its CEO from 1980-87. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of office furniture in the world.
De Pree wrote best-selling books on good business practices, and was not shy about letting his readers know where his business values came from. They were unashamedly rooted in the biblical worldview.
Last week, we looked at how a person's beliefs about God, Creation, Humanity, Moral Order and Purpose (their "worldview") shape values, which in turn shape behavior. Few business leaders have explained how this principle works in the business world better than Max De Pree.
Take some lessons from Max De Pree himself via the short (3.5 minute) video below, and discover how De Pree developed his biblical worldview. It happened in a certain place, and in a certain way. This lesson may be De Pree's most important lesson of all. A lesson that could change history:
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